Cell C Data Bundles

[Grievous]

Hi Guys,

I thinking of getting internet at my girl-friends place, and been looking at the Cell C Data Bundles. Now I would prefer to get an ADSL Line, but she may be moving out of her place soon, so don't want to be a fixed line.

http://www.cellc.co.za/packages/datapromotion_bundles

Now my questions:

1st off, has anyway had any experience with these packages?

2nd: My main purpose is to connect to xbox live.... I assume this is possible? But how? I Normally use an ADSL router so its as simple as plugging it in. But I assume the dongle plugs into a PC ... how would an xbox on the same network fit into this. Also not sure if this makes a difference but there are two xboxs on the network.

[Neo]

Unless you get one of those fancy wireless routers that can actually take SIM cards and/or USB modems, the old buccaneer way of doing it would be to run the application on a PC where the data modem is connected to, then turn internet connection sharing on using that connection and plug your XBOX in the PC.

Data Modem > Windows based PC > internet connection sharing on the 3G connection > shared towards the ethernet port of the windows based pc > connected to the XBOX using an ethernet cable.

Tada.

[Grievous]

thanks Neo, I didn't actually know you got Wireless routers that take SIM cards....

[Terak]

Before I got ADSL I would buy a data package from vodacom.

I played COD4 online via 3G, and thats how I got hooked :P. So if you are wondering, 3G isnt too bad for games, you get the occasional ping spike but its not too horrible.

As for connecting to your xbox I have no clue how to do that

[Viking]

thanks Neo, I didn't actually know you got Wireless routers that take SIM cards....

Yep you get them I own the Huawei B970

[Grievous]

Yep you get them I own the Huawei B970

Do you play anything online using it?

[gmathews]

Just a bit to add on 3G, I have Telkom 3G, playing BFBC2 is fine..but FIFA 10 seems to lag a bit on EA servers...(PSN)

[Grievous]

Update, if anyone comes across this. It works perfectly. I live in Somerset West, if that matters, and get decent connection speeds. Nothing like 20mb/s, but generally faster than 6mb/s. Had a lan, 6 of us played WoW online, was awesome. Played Halo: Reach with two people also, worked amazingly. Had some good fights in the Halo arena. Latency is much the same if not slightly better.

My setup: i bought a Netgear Router, pretty simple to use. (You will need to download the firmware update for it to work). Once you download the firmware you have option in the router settings for South Africa and cell C. Once you select them its a matter of plugging in the dongle into the router and it connects... Pretty damn simple.

[Damienalexi]

Anyone had experience with this 4g (R1499) bundle on psn. How does Bad Company 2 run on it?

[Damienalexi]

Anyone had experience with this 4g (R1499) bundle on psn. How does Bad Company 2 run on it?

I got the 4G Cell C bundle, but cant get my PS3 connected. I'm running Windows 7, can anyone give me advice?